Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, is “not fit” to serve as commander in chief, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said on Sunday.

“Sunday Morning Futures” guest host Sean Duffy asked Stefanik about whether she believes Harris is capable of protecting U.S. citizens around the world after six hostages held by Hamas, including 23-year-old American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were found dead in Gaza.

“Well, first of all, my heart and the American people’s heart goes out to all of the families of hostages, particularly Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents, who I have had the opportunity to meet with. I have met with many of the hostage families,” Stefanik began.

“This happened on [President] Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ watch. This is a Biden-Harris administration that has turned their back on supporting Israel. We need to show strong support with Israel. There should be no daylight and using all of our efforts to bring home all these hostages,” Stefanik said.

Today I joined @SundayFutures on @FoxNews with @SeanDuffyWI to discuss the horrific news of the six hostages murdered by Hamas, the repeated and disgraceful foreign policy of Kamala Harris, and House Republicans’ work to protect election integrity. pic.twitter.com/9sFRYOZosn

— Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) September 1, 2024

“What did we see from Kamala Harris and Joe Biden? That they withheld critical military aid at a very important time. It is a disgrace. And you asked the question, Sean, is she fit to protect our national security interests and American citizens around the world? The answer is an overwhelming no,” the congresswoman added.

“She is not fit to serve the role as commander in chief,” Stefanik continued. “She has — the fact that this is an American and an American-Israeli citizen who lost his lives on their watch, it is a disgrace, and it’s going to go down in history as one of the darkest chapters of our national security policy.”

Stefanik referenced the third anniversary of the Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021 and Gold Star families who condemned Harris after she attacked GOP presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump over a recent alleged incident at Arlington National Cemetery.

“Look at this past week, Sean. This was the three-year anniversary of those 13 service members in Afghanistan, now 13 Gold Star families, and you have Kamala Harris’ campaign politicizing this, not mentioning their names, not taking accountability for that catastrophic decision?” Stefanik said.

“She was the last person in the room advising Joe Biden, and yet they’re criticizing Donald Trump for answering yes to the invitation from those families in Arlington,” Stefanik added. “Kamala Harris is a disgrace, and we need to make sure she never becomes commander in chief.”

Billionaire Bill Ackman, a long-time Democrat donor, sharply criticized President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over their administration’s response to the October 7th massacre in Israel, saying that their weak response to the Hamas terrorists who perpetrated those attacks had made Americans less safe.

Ackman was among the first to call out the virulent anti-semitism — at Harvard University and on other college campuses nationwide — in the wake of the attacks, and he noted in a Sunday X post that the Biden-Harris administration had done little in the months since to suggest that they had any interest in fixing the clear and present problem.

Consider that Hamas chose to execute an American hostage with a bullet to the back of his head during the last two or three days (along with five other hostages) whose parents just spoke at the DNC less than two weeks ago, while hostage negotiations were underway.

Consider that…

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) September 1, 2024

“Consider that Hamas chose to execute an American hostage with a bullet to the back of his head during the last two or three days (along with five other hostages) whose parents just spoke at the DNC less than two weeks ago, while hostage negotiations were underway,” Ackman began, referencing the tragic news that American Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was one of six recently-executed hostages found by Israeli Forces in Rafah.

“Consider that the U.S. strategy over the last 330 days has been to pressure Israel to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, including through the withholding of weapons from @Israel, and by periodically leaking our failure to support our ally to the media in the midst of hostage negotiations. Consider what pressure if any the U.S. has brought to bear on Hamas and our friends in the region who harbor Hamas’ leadership?” Ackman continued, asking, :Why? Why has our leadership adopted this failed strategy?”

The answer, Ackman said, was simple: politics. The Democrats were under political pressure not to help Israel or to stand against the terrorist group Hamas, but to stand by and allow the terrorists to operate unchecked — all to appease a small but vocal group within their own party.

“Biden (who has been on vacation for 16 days) and @KamalaHarris, who also just skipped a ceremony at Arlington Cemetery to honor 13 fallen soldiers from the failed Afghanistan withdrawal, along with their advisers in the DNC, believe they will lose important votes in certain key swing states and from Hamas supporters on campuses,” Ackman explained.

He went on to argue that strength, “brute force,” was historically the only language to which terrorists respond — and that instead of pressuring Israel to stand down, the Unites States should have been rallying any and all willing forces to aid Israel in their attempts to stamp out Hamas altogether.

“The United States should have put more pressure on our other allies in the region to help, and done everything we can to help Israel defeat Hamas and recover the hostages, but unfortunately this was not good politics for Biden/Harris and some of their supporters,” he said.

But the real problem is that in addition to ramping up the danger for Israel, the Biden-Harris response had also made Americans at home “less safe.”

“By being weak and lacking resolve, we failed our captured, now dead citizens, and the other hostages and their families while emboldening terrorists around the world. The result: It has become much less safe to be an American since October 7th because of our failed leadership. It has become much less safe to be a member of the free world since October 7th because of our failed leadership,” he concluded. “We are in desperate need for a change in leadership so our enemies once again fear the United States and think twice before they act against us and/or our allies. The time has come.”